A psychological, brutal and mind-spinning thriller. Don't enter this story thinking you know what's going on, because I can guarantee you don't.
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Cassidy awakens to find herself trapped inside a chamber along with eleven others, including her own boyfriend. Twelve people, six pairs, all of them chosen to face unspeakable challenges.
Would you torture someone else's daughter to save your loved one from acid? Would you send a scared child into a snake pit to save your father from having his eyeballs removed?
In a game of elimination, the brain will reprogram your instincts to survive at any cost, even if that means killing another. However, this isn't like any ordinary game of elimination, because none of the subjects are fighting for their own survival, they're fighting for their loved one's survival.
The players are the ones that have to make the life-changing decisions in each round. The watchers have to sit and watch them do it. But the loveless, they have to make the hardest choice of all. For if their loved one dies, someone else has to die too, at the loveless' hand.
This is a game like no other. This is a brutality that can only have one winner.
One twisted mind sits watching their decisions, but has no power over the outcome. He has only one question for them.
What would you do for someone you love?
A criminal mastermind makes a bold move against a wealthy client to put himself in a position to retire in comfort. He has no idea what he's up against when a young widow, desperate to make ends meet, sets her eyes on earning the bounty set on his head.
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Newly widowed housewife Melody Scott needs to earn some major cash, fast. When her bright and busy children learn that a priceless ruby bracelet has been stolen and a six-figure reward is being offered, they convince her to try to do what the police, museum security, and the best private investigators have failed to do. Working against them is a notorious thief who has met people from around the world, but who has never once encountered a woman like Melody Scott. When the sweet innocence of the Scott family clashes against criminal forces more dangerous than they ever imagined, Melody is all too aware that a mom's got to do what a mom's got to do to protect her family.
The Widow, Melody Scott is a 2021 Watty Award Winner!
Content Warning: This story does contain depictions of stalking behavior.